The Physical and Metaphysical Works of Lord Bacon: Including the Advancement of Learning and Novum OrganumG. Bell and Sons, 1904 - 567 pages |
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... reason about , and what they may add , or procure , for the common good . And if at any time ourselves have erred , mistook , or broke off too soon , yet as we only propose to exhibit things naked , and open , as they are , our errors ...
... reason about , and what they may add , or procure , for the common good . And if at any time ourselves have erred , mistook , or broke off too soon , yet as we only propose to exhibit things naked , and open , as they are , our errors ...
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... reason , and the true helps of the intellectual faculties , so as to raise and enlarge the powers of the mind ; and ... reasons , but plans and designs of works- a different intention producing a different effect . In one the adversary ...
... reason , and the true helps of the intellectual faculties , so as to raise and enlarge the powers of the mind ; and ... reasons , but plans and designs of works- a different intention producing a different effect . In one the adversary ...
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... reason or inference can manifest issii , and lecturing mankind on the futility of an ingtrament which he was employing in every page of his book . ú . than their own principles can give ; and that such DISTRIBUTION OF THE WORK . 13.
... reason or inference can manifest issii , and lecturing mankind on the futility of an ingtrament which he was employing in every page of his book . ú . than their own principles can give ; and that such DISTRIBUTION OF THE WORK . 13.
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... reason , and , selecting out of them such as are calculated to dignify and elevate man's nature , to impart to them a trenchant and permanent character . As respects that portion which flow in upon the mind from the internal world , it ...
... reason , and , selecting out of them such as are calculated to dignify and elevate man's nature , to impart to them a trenchant and permanent character . As respects that portion which flow in upon the mind from the internal world , it ...
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... reason ; but the dispute perhaps turns rather upon words than things . Father Malbranche is express , that the senses never deceive us , yet as express that they should never be trusted , without being verified ; charging the errors ...
... reason ; but the dispute perhaps turns rather upon words than things . Father Malbranche is express , that the senses never deceive us , yet as express that they should never be trusted , without being verified ; charging the errors ...
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